City leaders and some of its residents are blasting the so-called community noise roundtable as a waste of time and money. The airport is owned by Jefferson County and residents in neighboring communities have been raising concerns for years about the impacts of airport noise on their health and wellbeing.
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The rising cost of childcare is a nationwide issue and parents in Northern Colorado are feeling it. Today on In The NoCo, we explore why this essential service comes with such a high price tag.
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The ACT Human Rights Film Festival kicks off in Fort Collins next week and In The NoCo is highlighting some notable selections. Today we talk with the co-director of How We Get Free. The film examines the cash bail system in Colorado and beyond, and one activist-turned-lawmaker who’s been trying to change it.
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In Part 3 of The Longevity Project from Summit Daily News, Summit County's criminal justice system employs progressive strategies to provide treatment, help.
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When the going gets tough, KUNC commentator Peter Moore likes to watch… sports. In a world on fire, he says the Nuggets and the Avalanche distract him from stuff that is way more important. And that’s the point.
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A bill backed by Rep. Elizabeth Velasco, Colorado’s first Mexican-born state lawmaker, would create a grant program for local organizations that help new arrivals get settled and connected with services like housing, healthcare, education and employment.
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In Part 2 of The Longevity Project from Summit Daily News, while officials have vastly improved behavioral health services in Summit County, a lack of sober living facilities and medical detox centers leaves residents without acute care options.
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A Colorado judge has granted a defense request to delay the criminal case of two Colorado funeral home operators accused of letting nearly 200 corpses decay in a decrepit building in some cases for years. The delay Thursday angered some families of the deceased who are eager to have the case resolved.
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Prescribed fires and mechanical thinning efforts are increasingly common land management tools intended to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire. But research into their long term effectiveness is somewhat limited. A recent study looked at the effects of such interventions over more than 20 years on a dry, low-elevation research forest in Montana, and found that the combination of thinning and burning was the most likely to reduce fire risk.
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A recent paper explored the challenges exacerbated by climate change faced by Latino farmworkers in Idaho, which are comparable to the issues faced by such workers across the West.
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The Western Governors' Association has been looking for ways for its member states to reduce their carbon footprint. One thing they're exploring is how government buildings are built and whether carbon can be stored in concrete.
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Nationwide, nearly 17,000 homes on tribal lands didn’t have electricity in 2022, according to federal data. The Biden administration is making new investments to address the issue.
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New research shows cattle grazing can coexist with one of the most iconic and threatened birds in the West.
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